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Cjjt (VtflaUJjman ana Southron. and Satunhn ??II Y ? (>8TKCN PUBLISHING COM PAN! 81 MTMIL 8. O. Terms: $1.50 per a n mun?In advance. Advertise menUt. One Square first insertion .. ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion.60 Conirscts for three months, or longer will be rnud? at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advsrtlsements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ?? In 1S50 and the True Southron in 2*6?. The Watchman and Southron now baa the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, end Is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. Linn? Sulphur Solution. Sulphur has long been known to be a good fungicide. A few years ago our present lime-sulphur solution was developed for the purpose of spraying certain plants that have foil Age too tender to be successfully sprayed with ItordeaUfl Mixture. This solution has proved so successful in combatting both insects und plust dis? eases thut It In now one of our stand? ard apray solutions. It Is especially valued as a winter spruy for killing scale insects and dormant stages of fungi Heal remain over winter on the brsncbea and trunks of trees and an a ?ummer aprny for spraying apples for scab, roses for mildew. and peaches and plums for hrown rot and I.i'ite-aulphur has come Into su^ general uae that It la now made and ?old by all of the leading; spray manufacturers In the country and Is handled t?y druggist* everywhere. The commercial lime-sulphur solution 13 a clear, umber colored liquid, contain? ing; calcium ?Uli hide in solution. It la mude from beating lime and rul pbur together. Calcium sulphide is the active ugent that kills the fungi. This solution la very caustic ami if used in too gre it concentration will kill the plants. Practically all of the commercial solutions of lime-sulphur on the market are guaranteed to hOA'S a density of 32 degrees Heaume, und dilution* are recommended on this basis. When M is recommended lor spraying plants hat are dormant, we mean t gallon ol lime-sulphur with a density-of 32 degrees Heaume to ? gallons of water. It is essential that the density be known because of course the greater the density the "stronger" It Is. Commercial lime-sulphur Is used almost entirely now for winter sprsy snd Is being used quite largely for summer spruy. It Is perfectly safe to use It on apples und roses und oth? er plants with foliage not especially sensitive. In such case, use one gal? lon of commercial lime-sulphur to 36 gallons of water. With peaches and plums und somo few other plants thut buve espec ally sensitive foliage commercial lime-sulphur is not al? ways safe. I nder certain conditions it seems to Injure the foliage. For peaches and plums, use 1 gallon of commercial hue -sulphur to 80 gal? lons of water. For apples and roses use 1 gallon of commercial lime-sul phui to 35 gallons of water. It seems better and safer, however, to use the self-bollen lime-sulphur for thes" It nder foilage plants for the present. It is Just as efieient and ne'er in? jures the foliage. In making self-boiled lime sulphur use I pounds of fresh QjUlch lime und t pounds of sulphur < flour) to 50 gallons of wntei. Make this up pi icing the elgh| pounds of fres i line in a tub or barrel and add Just enough water to slake it. An excess of water seems to drown the line ami refkids the slaking process. As *oo i ss the lime begins to crumble apart and P violent b ahm; Is set up, add eight pounds of sulphur and stir In thoroughly, add ng enough water to Veep any part of the mixture from I e< oidng dr\ o - burning. Keep this well stirred and ullow the boiling to continue for from I to 10 minute*. Special cure shrub! be exercised u thl* time to keep an' part of the mix til.e from beenming dl\ KnOUgil water should lie added In fact so th it the paste is tbl > enough to he easily stirred. After (he boiling Aus con? tinued for f? or 10 minutes, enough water should tie added to cool the mtsture. It Is then ready to apply. A pump with a good agitator should be used so as to keep any part of the mixture from settling out lame sul? phur solution should be applied with force of about loo pounds pressure to the square Inch The retail price of sugar In Sum t.n Is TKN CK NTS per pound?only one grocer selling at nine and a-half cents. As the Kood Administra? tion has issued orders that no retail Oealer shall charge more than one rant profit per pound on sugar. the pteeumption Is ttii! Ihe wholeeele prlci of aigai in this territory Is nine Ig WTholeeels grocers are allow? ed a maximum pi ofit of twmit\ five cmts per bundled pounds. KNTF.R'lWIN MF.NT. "Sonu'whoro in Fraiuv," Thi'ilUim Drama of the War, Oiven al IUiii bcrt Sc1mh>I House. There will be an entertainment giv? en, under the aueplOOS of the iteil Cross, at Rembert School house Fri? day night, May 3rd, at 8.30 o'clock. Refreshments served. Everybody cor? dially invited to come. Wisacky News Notes. Hiahopvllle, April 27.? I am sittirig by a good tire while I try to give you the news from Wisacky and this place. It feels more like January than the first of May. The little cotton looks very sick. The farmers have good stands of corn and cotton. Oats are looking fine. I see some heading out. Wheat is also very good. With ? first class flouring mill which will SOOCJ be ready to convert their wheat into Hour, the farmers wont* suffer for want of wheat bread. The mem? bers of the creamary association are building a llrst class creamery' at Wisacky. They have the most mod? ern machinery which will be under j the supervision of an expert in this line of business. This new enterprise will no doubt prove a success, as It is owned by our most successful and en terpi Ising young farmers, who do not know the meaning of the word fail? ure. I have no doubt this new enter? prise will invite other business, on other lines, and Wisacky will put on new life. "So mote it be." ?>ur whole community was greatly shocked, as well as deeply saddened by the sudden death of Joseph, the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mc Cutchen. He was ill about one day only. Joseph was a noble boy. A beautiful Christian character. loved by all who knew him for his gentle.! courteous manner and that high toned princlpel which marked his dully life, and often held up as an example to other boys. Our tender est sympathies go out to his bereav? ed parents and grandfather who loved him so tenderly, and who bore this louvy stroke with such beautiful Christian resignation. The mound of beautiful flowers that covered his grave bore testimony to his popular? ity, especially with his schoolmates and teachers. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Wilson, of Co? lumbia and Mr. J. C. Scott and his daughter, Mrs. Phil Porcher, of Mt Pleasant, were ou*- guests this week. The gardens aro looking fine and will soon furnish an abundance of vegetables, which are much needed, and will be greatly enjoyed. I Harmony Presbytery. Harmony Presbjtery held its spring session with the Sumter Presbyterian Church Monduy of this week. This body usually remains in session sev? eral days, but thin year the business was concluded, by hard work In one day, final adjournment being reached late Monday night. The Presbyteiy wa% organized by the election of Rev. J. P. Marlon as Moderator. The usu? al routine work and committee reports were disposed of expeditiously, but with thoroughness. Messrs. /.. P. Toomer and Mr. Davis were licensed to preach. Mr. Toomer will go to Kastover and Mr. Davis to Clemsou College to preach. Roth have re i ently completed i heir course In tha Theological Seminary. Rev. L> D MeCord, of Manning and Mr. W. W. Mei'utchen of WUucky were elected commissioners to attend the General Assembly which neeti In Durant, I IklahOme, May 4 th. "The Taming of the shrew," a I modern rerelon arranged and pro? dneed b] Rde ird Waldermann( was preeented In Opera Houeo Thursday evening to an audience that tilled tin auditorium to capacity. The large attendance was attributable to sever? al etrcumstaneoi -the play was pro* dined ander the auaplces of Trinltj Methodist Church for the benefit of the Red CrOeS and the cast was eom i d ol local talent, with the oXecp lien el Mr. Waldermann, as petruohlo, and Miss Dorothy Morton as Katln-r inc. I he Shrew. The cast was an noonoed several limes In the ad* ranee notice;; and is not neeeaaary to rep4 it it hen-. The production, as p winde was pleasing and the MUil lenee was generous Its expression of approval. (,l ItMAN MIssl M. Mi 1,10 I. Amsterdam. April 17.?Speaking be? fore the mum committee ol the Oer? man Flatcaaslag on Friday, according to v.MuaertH. <ien. von Rlaberg stated that on March 31 last the number of Herman missing had reached n. total of I A4,104, Ol t his number. he sa id. , I3f,t7f were i rlsoners In France, lit,001 In Bngland, I ft 7,000 In R?is i sla and Rumania and the remainder ? mud be i agerdad as dead. MILLION roil paius ysiyND. Congressman Djrnioi secures Dig Appropriation fOf Training Ten Thousand .More Marines. Washington, April 25.?Through tiu' efforts or Congressman Byrnes, Paris Island iH soon to secure a large appropriation for the addition? al marines to be sent there. As the personnel of the marine corps has been greatly increased, Mr. Byrnes requested General Burnett to use Paris Island for training the addi? tional forces. The request met with the approval of General Barnett and the secretary of the navy will re? quest the senate to increase the ap? propriation from $?00,000 to $1,100, 000. It is proposed to send 10,000 men there. GERMANY BULLIES Rl'sSIA. Demands Immediate EiellMlgO of Prisoners and Threatens to Take Petrograd. Washington, April 29.?Germany has demanded that Russia exchange prisoners, threatened to take Petro? grad unless the Russian government agrees to the terms advanced, the State department has learned. Washington, April 20.?The two casualty lists given out today con? tained 150 names. The killed and missing in action number 2 2. Ten officers are named. Killed in action, 18; died of wounds, six; died of acci? dent, two; died 01 disease 13; other causes, I; wounded severely, 25; wounded slightly, 87; missing in ac? tion, four. BtTMTKK COTTON MAKKKT. P. O. HOW MAN. Cotton Buyer. ? Corrected dally at 12 o'clock Noon Good Middling 27 1-2. Strict Middling 27 1-4. Middling 27. Strict Dow Middling 2G. M-'AV YORK COTTON MARKET. Yee'dys Open High Dow Close Close May . . 25.10 20.51 25.00 25.02 25.4 0 July . .24.85 26.10 24.00 24.88 25.02 Oct . ,14.40 24.47 24.00 24.20 2 1.42 Dec . .24.28 24.35 23.80 24.08 24.29 Spots 26.75. NOTICE or ELECTION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. Notice is hereby given that there will be an election held in School district No. 18, Maycsville, S. C, at the voting precinct fixed by law, on Tues? day, May 7th, 1918, for the purpose of electing three school trustees un? der and by authority of Special Act of ihe General Assembly. Polls will be opened at 7 o'clock A. M., and closed at 4 P. M. Qualifications for voting are same as for a general election and only persons mvlng registration certifi? cates and poll tax receipts for 1917 will be allowed to vote. At the close of the election the man? ager? will proceed to count the bal? lots publicly and within three days thereafter, the box containing all ballots and papers must be delivered to the Commissioners of Election who will declare the result of said elec? tion. Tin? following Managers have been appointed to hold the election: R. J. Maycs. Sr.. J. M. Curry, J. II. Bur kett. One of these Managers will call on E. F. Miller. Clerk of the Board, at The Item office, Sumter, S. C, not later than May 6th for the box, regis? tration bok, etc. A. S. HA.RBY, S. D. RODDY. T. E. HODGE, Commissioners of State and County Elections for Sumter County, S. C April li>, 1918, Teat hers' lvvumtuntion. The regular examination for those desiring to secure certificates to teach in the public schools of the ;;tate will be held In Sumter, Friday, i .May 3rd, beginning at 0 o'clock. Tin questions will be taken from the text? books last adopted by the State Board of Rducatlon. Applicants are requested to bring material suitable to take the examination. By order of the state Board >'? education. .1. Ii. HAYN8WOHTH, County Superintendent of Education i Geo. H. Hurst, Undertaker and Embalmer Prompt Attentln to Day and Night Calls At I. 0. CRAIG Old Stand. N, Main Phones: S? gUUAlt i am im: lUiPIIABLK. Unless Lecnoiii) Is I'ructicctl There Will be shortage Soon. Columbia, April ?Unless there is a big saving from the present con? sumption, and unless every possible spoonful Is saved during the next few weeks, there will be hardly sugar for the canning season during the ?Ummer and early fall. This statement is made by the Food Administration upon receipt of advice from Washington in effect that after considering the Inventory, ol sugar in this country and the amount expected from Cuba, it is .shown that even with fair conserva? tion until the preserving season there will be barely enough to supply the needs of the American people. To avoid a sugar famine, and at the same time to provide for the canning of fruits and vegetables, which must be preserved, it} is of the utmost import? ance, says the Food Administration, that conservation of sugar be rigid? ly enforced and that conservation must be practiced in every possible! way. The strictest economy and even slight shortage now may be nec? essary so that there will be no. actual shortage during the canning season. Retail dealers of the State will be instructed by the Food Administra? tion to maintain the prescribed lim? its on sugar sales. Consumers re? siding in cities or towns must not buy more than live pounds at one time and consumers in rural communi? ties are limited to 10 pound pur? chases, or 50 cents and $1.00 worth respectively. Sugar will later be sold In larger quantities, for canning and preserving purposes, as a matter of course; but it will be furnished for such purposes only upon the Signing of a certificate, the form of which has not yet been determined upon by the food administration for south Carolina. Further announcement concerning the use of this certificate Will be made in the near future. It is further announced by the Food Administration that in order to! I uild up reserve stocks of sugar, so that there may be B supply available later for canning and preserving, job b< rs are now permitted to carry a 60-days1 supply. If, however, there I.H going to be sugar enough to sup? ply the needs when the canning sea? son comes, sugar consumption should he cut down in every possible way in the meantime. Ensign I.. Arthur O'Neill, U. S. N\. is in the city for the day. Tili: KAISER is BOASTFUL Declares His Foes Are Digging Tiieir Own (.raves. Amsterdam, April 2?.?"The people who wish to deatroy us are digging their own graves, said Bmperor Wil? liam, as quoted in an inquiry by Karl Rosner, which the Dusseldorf pub-1 Llshes. The emperor, who was commenting on the large amount subscribed to the new war loan, said further: "Our victories In the field and the viet?rit a of the Qermans at home must make those over yonder realize that we cannot be Bubdued by arms and eco? nomic isolation.' j Liberty liond Day Observed. Without preliminary notice it was decided Saturday morning that Liberty Bond Day should he observed ir. Sumter by closing the stores and oth? er places of business at noon for the balance of the day. A committee was sent around through the business sec? tion to notify the merchants banks and others of the decision and all promptly agreed to close, some of them on only a fevc minutes notice, as the committee did not get started un? til late in tho forenoon. At noon bus? iness was suspended, the drug store being the only places to remain open, and they agreed to observe Sunday hours, closing at nine o'clock tonight. No special exercises were arranged for the day and no organized work was carried on to increase the Liberty lo.an subscriptions in this city?a half holiday was the only notice taken of the day. Sumter has already large? ly over-subscribed the minimum quota of the county and city and hav? ing already held two special Lib? erty loan patriotic rallies?on the opening4 day of the campaign and again last Friday?it was the gener? al opinion that another all day cele? bration would be unnecessary. It is a known fact, however, that a large number of those who are well able CC buy Liberty bonds have not given tangible evidence of their loyalty to the government, and it is to be re greted that a special drive was not organized and carried out to round Up those who are still without the fold. If the business men who were Idle this afternoon had been organ? ized into committees and the city thoroughly canvassed the total sub? scription to the Third Loan could have been materially increased. Pr. Charles Harrison, of Varnville. is the guest of Mrs. M. S. Nelson. ill NS- REPLY TO rm '.l AY. llcportcd Unsatisfactory AltfcWCT sinngthcns Fore u*t of War. Montevideo, Uruguay, April 26.?It is rumored here today that the reply to the Inquiry to Germany as to whether tin German government con uldered that ? state of war existed between Uruguay and Glermany le an unsatisfactory one. it is expected that i n official statemt :.t on this sub ject will be Issued ton j^ht. C aused by I -Boat. Washington, April ?6.?1'ruguay's inquiry to Germany asking whether Herlin considered a stfl e of war ex Istlng between the tw< countries was caused by the action of a German submarine commander, who recently stopped a Spanish stft nier and tot,!; off the Uruguayan i mimission to France. The submarine finally per? mitted the commission to proceed, hut tin- act so aroused the 1'iuguayan government that a sharp inquiry was sent to Herligv An unsatisfactory reply, which it is indicated Berlin has made, is consid? ered as strengthening the probabili? ties that Uruguay may soon enter the war, as recently force st from Lon? don. Subscribe to The Da!ly Item. Only lOr. per week, deliver d. WE HAVE?In stock. In our ware* houses in Sumter, tobacco, coro and garden and cotton fertilizer. Also Acid Phosphat- . Call or write us for prices. Southern Brokern.]? Co. Phone 89. Foil SALE?Choice oaled bay and oat straw. Heavy seed oats for feed. Corn in shuel . Choice hams, sides and shoulder* from youn? thrifty hogs, cured and smoked just right. With our own flour and meats and feeds we are neverthe? less observing all the food regula? tions. Why tax the railroads when better food supplies can be obtain? ed at home? Help feed our sol? diers and Allies by buying homo products. We have bought bonds to the limit. Hav you? E. W. Dabbs, Pineland & ?gypt Farms, Maycsville. S. C. POE SALE?F. O. B. cars. Camp Jackson stable manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. Cheml caj and Fertilizer v?lue rated very high by Clemson college. A. A* Strauss. Sumter. S. C. A 100 PER CENT PROGRAM IS OFFERED THIS YEAR BY THE GREAT REDPATH CHAUTAUQUAS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER 1918 REDPATH CHAUTAUQUAS1918 1ST DAY Croation Native Music Lou. J. Beauchamp 2ND DAY Quartet Frank Mulholland 8HD DAY Chancellor Bradford Margery Maxwell, of Chicago Grand Opera Co. ITH DAY Knight McGregor Scotch Songs 5TI1 DAY Oney Fred Sweet "Chocolate Soldier" 30 People ?TU DAY Chicago Orchestral Band War Posters Sergt Herman 7T1I DAY Clarissa Harrold Raemaekers War Cartoons Dun bar's Revue, Featuring Parade of the Allies CHILDREN'S WORK Mornings with Circus Time in Fairyland 6th Night SEVEM BIG VACATION DAYS Season Tickets $2.50 and war tax . SUMTER MAY I, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8